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Browsing an Archery Shop, looking at the selection of recurve bows

Introduction to Archery

Posted on May 9, 2019May 8, 2019 by Chris

It’s great to meet new people and it’s even better to meet amazing people. Recently we made some new friends, Becky and Sharon, and in our conversation we learned that they were competitive archers!

I have recently gained an interest in archery but had no idea where to start. I had looked at compound bows in several shops but didn’t understand how to get my draw length, what the proper draw weight should be or what any of the numbers on the arrows meant. So of course I took the chance to start asking my questions and right off the bat Becky fires back with, “You aren’t looking at compound bows are you?” to which I said, “I don’t know, should I be?” And that’s where the learning began.

As it turns out compound bows remove much of the skill required to be good at archery. There are sights, levels, distance correction tools, wind calibration thingies and even more. Not to mention the pulleys to help reduce the strength it would take to draw an arrow back. Instead what we learned was that we should start with a recurve bow and it just so happened that there was a shop with an indoor range in town so we all arranged to meet there so we could shoot.

A collection of colorful arrows of various shapes and sizes.
A collection of colorful arrows of various shapes and sizes.

The shop was amazing, it had a massive selection of recurve and long bows and a separate room for compound bows. The wood work in some of the bows was really nice as well with some having colorful wood patterns and others custom textures to the wood.

Close up shot of the woodwork on some of the recurve bows that were available in the shop.
Close up shot of the woodwork on some of the recurve bows that were available in the shop.

We paid for our range time and bow rentals which was only $35 for the day and were given some instructions on range rules and shooting technique. Then they turned us loose!

Chris with an arrow drawn, aiming down range.
Chris with an arrow drawn, aiming down range.
Chris having fired an arrow down range
Chris having fired an arrow down range.
(A perfect shot for sure. Or at least it’s not in the ceiling.)

Becky was practicing on the longer section of the range and Sharon was giving Sandra and I pointers on shooting technique, and helping to find the right arrows for our current shooting skills.

Becky aiming down range.
Becky aiming down range.
Sharon helping to pick out arrows that are similar in characteristics.  The numbers on the arrows indicate the flexibility of the shaft among other things.
Sharon helping to pick out arrows that are similar in characteristics. The numbers on the arrows indicate the flexibility of the shaft among other things.

One thing we didn’t expect to discover on our archery outing was that Sandra is pretty amazing at this sport! After just a little bit of practice she was hitting pretty consistent groupings on the target and wasn’t too bad on her form either.

Sandra, with bow drawn, aiming down range.
Sandra, with bow drawn, aiming down range.

Check out her results, I’ll just say I wouldn’t want to be an apple!

Sandra's results, notice the cluster of four arrows all in the red!
Sandra’s results, notice the cluster of four arrows all in the red!

This is the first of many archery experiences for us, I can promise that. We had a great time shooting and it was so amazing to have such great new friends along to make our first trip to the range that much better! We can’t thank them enough for the great introduction to the sport of archery, and I can’t wait to get in some more practice!

Chris with Sharon, Becky and Gigi.
Thanks to Sharon and Becky for the intro to archery, and Gigi for the moral support.

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